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Hace 1 día · The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War ...
Hace 2 días · Royal Navy, naval military organization of the United Kingdom, charged with the national defense at sea, protection of shipping, and fulfillment of international military agreements. Organized sea power was first used in England by Alfred the Great of Wessex, who launched ships to repel a Viking invasion.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 1 día · His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy.
Hace 1 día · The United States Navy ( USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the world's most powerful navy and the largest by tonnage, at 4.5 million tons in 2021 [9] and in 2009 an estimated battle fleet tonnage that exceeded the next 13 navies combined. [10]
Hace 4 días · This is an ambitious and impressive work, which combines original archival research with a useful synthesis of other scholars’ findings. It considers the cultural significance of the Navy in the period 1750–1815 by analysing key groups’ attitudes to and relationship with the Navy.
Hace 3 días · Admiral Horatio Nelson's personal life. Viscount Horatio Nelson (1758 - 1805). David Holt / CC. Admiral Horatio Nelson was born on September 29, 1758. He was wounded in the arm in a battle with the French and the limb was amputated. This follows the loss of his sight in his right eye some three years earlier.
Hace 5 días · HMS Britannia off Sandquay. Some unknown genius called to mind the neglected harbour of the Dart, of which the Royal Navy had made little use for generations. Under jury rig, and with the assistance of a tug, Britannia made her westward move after a single winter at Portland: and on 29th September 1863, moved up the harbour to moorings off ...
